Is language a tool of foreign policy? When do countries use language to project soft power and influence others? How does linguistic dominance affect indigenous and minority languages and cultures in Latin America and Spain?
Join us for the discussion on foreign languages, culture and diplomacy with Dr. Jesús Fernández González, who serves as Education Counselor at the Embassy of Spain to the United States and Canada. He has previously been the Attaché for Education in New York (2006-2010) and Counselor for Education in the United Kingdom and Ireland (2010-2012). As an educator, he teaches Spanish as a Second Language (SSL) at the Universidad de Salamanca and different North American universities. As a researcher, he studies the influence of mother tongues on the process of second language acquisition.
This in-person public talk is sponsored by the Department of Hispanic Studies and Mroz Global Leadership Institute. It’s open to students, faculty, staff, and community members.
You can join us in person or remotely, via the webinar. Please RSVP today! https://shorturl.at/cijwR
